Find out about the marketing tools available to promote INSPIRE in your library. We will show you how to go beyond pens and pencils to social media, promotional videos and more.
Date Recorded: 5/11/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: John Wekluk, Communications Director / Indiana State Library and Stephanie Hughes and Meghan Bass / Jarbo Marketing
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In this panel, four librarians will share their experience with a variety of challenges. Book, display, and program challenges, as well as experience with book banning groups will be discussed. Cheri Harris, from the Indiana State Library, will also go over a summary of key legal points to remember when dealing with challenges.
Date Recorded: 3/31/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Cheri Harris / Indiana State Library; Vanessa Martin / Greensburg-Decatur County Contractual Public Library; Heather McNabb / Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library; Brad Sowinski / Alexandria Monroe Public Library; Juli Wald / Middlebury Public Library
Are you stressed about the attacks on librarians and library values happening across the country? Would you like to be better prepared and more confident in fighting back against challenges, AND proactively positioning your library for future success? Then this webinar is for you. Tune it to learn more about Pro bono services and support offered by EveryLibrary to libraries, boards, coalition partners, and local citizens who are advocating for libraries. How EveryLibrary is offering “rapid response” support in crisis situations, while also building sustainable local and national political power by identifying library supporters across the country. How to innoculate yourselves, your boards, and your policies against challenges and anti-access legislation at local and state levels. How to build effective messaging and strategies for defending the library from challenges, and engaging the community about the value of the libraries.
Date Recorded: 5/12/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Peter Bromberg, Associate Director, EveryLibrary
Resources: Google Slides
Playbook (supplemental handout)
With the recent influx of cybersecurity threats and attacks, it is imperative individuals understand the steps they need to take to keep their personal data safe. This presentation is designed to provide attendees with information regarding different cyber security threats, how to prevent them, and what to do if you are a victim of an attack.
Date Recorded: 4/26/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Brian Hubbard, Senior Manager of Customer Services / ENA – Education Networks of America
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The Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award brings together young children and great picture books, but it can’t be done without public libraries. Learn about the award and how one Indiana library implements the program each year. Updates to the program and an overview of the annual program guide will also be covered.
Speaker, Amy Caswell has worn hats in the library world since 2012. She earned her MLS degree from IUPUI in 2015, and since has focused exclusively working in Youth Services. She currently is a Children’s Librarian at the Downtown Library of Monroe County Public Library where she enjoys hosting a weekly Preschool Storytime, among other programs. She loves the controlled chaos of working with children. Amy is currently going through the Project READY training, which she highly recommends to any and all library folks.
Date Recorded: 5/9/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Amy Caswell, Children’s Librarian / Monroe County Public Library
The Creating Informed Learners in the Classroom project, made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (RE-13-19-0021-19), facilitated librarian-instructor partnerships to integrate information-rich student projects into disciplinary classrooms. The project was a partnership between librarians at Purdue University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Arizona. Over the course of 4 weekly online sessions, the project team trained 15 librarian-instructor teams (5 from each university) to use an information literacy framework called Informed Learning Design to design student projects that enable students to use information in new ways to learn in their courses.
In this 60-minute webinar, members of the project team will:
Date Recorded: 5/10/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Clarence Maybee, W. Wayne Booker Chair in Information Literacy; Rachel Fondator, Information Literacy Instructional Designer; Amity Saha, Graduate Assistant / All presenters are from Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies
Are you new to doing storytime? Join Beth Yates, ISL Children’s Consultant, as she walks you through the whys and hows of storytime for birth through preschool-aged children. What should you consider? How do you select books? Where can you find ideas? The content of this webinar is focused on new storytime providers. *Please note that the audience discussion at the end was not recorded.*
Date Recorded: 4/19/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Beth Yates, Children’s Consultant / Indiana State Library
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The ALA observed an increase in First Amendment audits this year. What are they and why are they on the rise? Join this webinar to learn more. We will analyze legal issues implicated by First Amendment Audits, including constitutional free speech and privacy issues, relevant state laws, and library policies to consider. Prepare the library for a calm interaction with our tips on how best to approach these sometimes-contentious events.
Date Recorded: 12/16/21
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Cheri Harris, Certification Program Director/Legal Consultant, Indiana State Library
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Paula Newcom demonstrates how to sign up for an Access Indiana account and merge your EBSCO account and Access Indiana account into one combined account. Kara Cleveland shows the various access points one can use to start an EBSCO search along with different search strategies.
Date Recorded: 4/13/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Paula Newcom, Northeast Regional Coordinator, and Kara Cleveland, Professional Development Office Supervisor, Indiana State Library
Resource: Access Indiana INSPIRE 4-13-2022
Onboarding and off boarding are the bookends of the employee experience. What are they, why should we do them, and how do we do them effectively?
Date Recorded: 3/30/22
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenter: Darcy Armstrong, Public Service Manager / Eckhart Public Library
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